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Prompt: Bacteria Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

Prompt: Amoeba Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

Prompt: Paramecium Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

I’ve been pondering this news post since before Christmas and what I would say as we head into our 10th year here at AFF. As I’ve thought back about our history a few things come to mind. Bear with me as I wax nostalgic. Some of you may remember Ayla, the founder of our beloved AdultFanFiction.Net. I’ve tried to get in touch with her over the last few months, but haven’t been able to find her/get in touch with her. Even still, I know she would be so proud to see AFF entering its 10th year! In September of 2001, she began a small Buffy archive over on Geocities, but when FanFiction.Net killed mature content in one fell swoop, Ayla saw and filled the void. September 13th, 2002 AdultFanFiction.Net was registered and there starts our history as we know it. Ayla tried to keep up with the ever going membership and demands, but it quickly outgrew what she was able to handle and myself along with a few others were brought in to help moderate the site. I’ve always been an excellent manager and quickly became the head moderator, so when Ayla got to the point in 2005 that she was no longer able to keep up with the site, she handed ownership over to myself and another moderator. And such starts my history with the site. Despite my own life issues preventing me from being here for several years, over the past 16 months, I’ve had the honor of leading the site again. I’d like to thank everyone for their support and I look forward to an amazing 2012 with you all! On to the news! A quick summary of what is included in this month’s edition: Through out 2012, AFF will undergo a complete code rewrite, adding a lot of new features and options! Read below to see what's in store! We currently have a PayPal balance of $589.03 after January’s hosting costs have been paid, donations are always welcome though! AFF has a new Logo for 2012! Head to the archive to check it out! If your registration date changes, read on to know why Get an email with your login information? You weren't hacked, DemonGoddess explains why below Some additional information about AFF's proof of age requirements you should be aware of Archive Moderation and Clean-up status Over the last year I know I’ve mentioned updates to the code and new features, but you haven’t seen much other than the Rich Text Editor for story uploads. As you may remember from my news post last January, our Archive is a rework of our original Storyline code, updated, patched and MacGyver’d to hell and back. When Manta started digging in to implement the new search, she realized that there was no way to integrate it and get some of the other features that we want put into the archive. That meant that the code had to be re-written from the ground up. Since we are rewriting the code, this actually gives us a good bit more flexibility in our changes, upgrades and additions! The old and new code for the most part will be running side by side until we complete the re-write, at which time everything will be on the new code. We will be rolling the changes out over the next year, starting with the new registration procedures and profile in February and expanding from there. Some of the other items you will see in 2012 include: Skinning options so you can pick your color scheme, awards, better navigation through story listings, improvements on the submission and editing systems, new search tools that will include searching the description and an Author/Member search. When the various changes are rolled out, I will detail the changes and how they will affect you. Please keep in mind that feedback from the users is going to be key during this process. I know that we won’t be able to please everyone, as the saying goes, you can please some of the people some of the time and all of the people none of the time; however, when you provide feedback on the changes, please make sure it is constructive and contains workable content. Of course, we won’t complain about the ‘I LOVE this!’ comments, but if you are going to say that you don’t like it, please make sure that you let us know what you don’t like and why. Example: ‘I don’t like the new profile because of x. It doesn’t help with y.’ etc. Like I said, constructive feedback please. So what are you going to be seeing in February? The main thing is the new registration and profiles. In regards to registration, we will now be requiring that users input their birthday and provide a working email. Much like the forum does now, we will send a validation link to the email provided that a user must click before being able to use the site. With these changes, an email can only be used once, so this will cut back on duplicate registration. As a reminder, if you have multiple accounts with the same email address, you must contact us before the change happens or you may find yourself unable to access the site. Along with the registration changes, it will impact current users log in experience. When you log in for the first time, the system will check to ensure that you have all the required information such as a birthday and valid working email. A verification link will be sent with the first log in to ensure that the email provided is indeed a working one. You can help make this process easier by checking your profile now to ensure that the data is all there now! All new registration will be using the new profile immediately; however existing users at the time of change will be able to access both the old and new profiles until we make the full break with the old code. I recommend making the full switch to the new profile as soon as possible so you can make use of the new features! These new features will include a more user friendly recommended reading list, a system to list what you are currently reading, favorite author listings so that you can keep track of them without having to bookmark them in your browser, a global profile so that all stories are shown without having to jump between subdomains, avatar linking instead of uploads and an area to show awards and honors. Now, as I talk about the upgrade, let me also say that this isn’t coming cheap. Despite Manta giving AFF a 75% discount, the upgrade is still going to cost us $1500 USD total, so anything you can contribute is very much appreciated. We do currently have a balance of $589.03 in PayPal, but please remember a site isn’t free to run and we are all volunteers. If you have any money that you care spare for the site, we do appreciate it. You can either donate directly through PayPal or if you would like something back for your money, you can also donate by purchasing items from our Cafepress Store. All items have a $3.00 markup on them. As always, if you are looking for a specific item with one of this year’s designs on it and don’t see it, just let me know and I’ll get it added for you if Cafepress has it! You may have noticed, as of today our logo has changed. The new logo was designed by Adelphus for our 2012 logo contest commemorating 10 years of serving the Fan Fiction community. If you notice a change in your registration date, please know there are two reasons this may happen. First off, if you decided to register before your 18th birthday, when it is discovered, your registration date is changed to reflect your 18th birthday and anything you posted prior to turning 18 is deleted from the archive to comply with legal requirements. The other reason is if you have duplicate accounts and we merge them. When an account is merged, the oldest accounts creation date is reflected. Have you gotten an email recently containing your log in information without requesting one? Again, this is a result of the merge process when combining duplicate accounts. Don’t worry, your information hasn’t been hacked, we simply send so you know what information you need to use post merge. Now, let’s talk about our age verification procedure. We have our own methods that we use to determine a member’s age; however on occasions it may not be clear so AFF might ask that you provide proof of age if we suspect you are underage. Please note, we aren’t doing this to be mean, or to harass you, or any other crazy reason you may come up with – We are doing it to ensure that you are of the correct legal age to be accessing this site in an effort to stop legal issues before they happen. All AFF requires is a valid form of ID that has your picture and birthday on it, accompanied by a picture of you holding said ID. Users are welcome to use a photo editing program to black out any personally identifying information other than the date of birth. It is, of course, your option to decline to provide this, however, please know that failure to comply with our request does mean that you are subject to deletion. It’s been a very busy couple of months, so we haven’t had an opportunity to work on the Clean-Up project, but as always our moderators have been busy so check out where we are 2008 to now. Thank you so much for taking the time to review the news and of course if you have any questions, please let us know! Happy writing, Apollo & DemonGoddess061

I love that FFN sends us a good bit of traffic, considering how despised it is here for its lack of moderation or control by the owners and administration. Just goes to show that when you do things right you get the recognition for it!

I tested your site and it does show up if you remove the s from the address, so perhaps try that. Is there any particular reason that you were using SSL or perhaps it was simply due to the fact you were logged in at the time you copied the link?

If the archive code was a physical thing that we could see, I'd honestly be afraid to see what it looks like right now... I think we've got 10 industrial size rolls of duck tape in place and enough prayers to keep the Greek Parthenon going for a few centuries at least... You and Manta are geniuses!

*crosses fingers that this last MacGyver duct tape job holds until the rewrite gets there* Lick spit and a prayer!

The story was removed because the user in question posted it before she was 18.

We are actually in the middle of a complete code rewrite which will see features being added in over the next year or so until such time as we transition completely to the new code. The issue that we have is that our archive is too large for ANY of the current archiving software to be able to handle it, believe you me, we've checked! Right now we are holding steady at about 8GBs for our database which incorporates 10 years worth of story data, user data, reviews etc. Since we use a database system, new software wouldn't involve user transfers, just how the software accesses it, however like I said, our archive is just too large of any of the software currently in use. The only other archive that is larger than us is FanFiction.net and they have their own custom coded software as well. It's just been a long process as new software costs money and until recently we were only bringing in enough to cover our hosting costs. I suggest keeping an eye out on our news posts, which are posted the 1st Sunday of every month here in the forums, assuming my life doesn't negatively impact it (and even then I'm normally only a day or two late) and then cross linked to the main page of the archive and in each sub-domain for updates on what is coming and when.

As per our ToS, asking for a copy of the story as opposed to a link is prohibited, as either the site or author took it down for a reason. The original post has been edited accordingly.

We do not allow people to ask for hard copies of stories, as authors remove stories for reasons or sites remove them for reasons. I've edited your post to reflect our policy.

Prompt: Sweaters Please remember to follow the rules as outlined here: Rules Happy Writing!

*waves* Hi! I be TPTB!! Anyway, to add onto what Willow has already said, you can add it to your recommended reading in your profile as a way to remember to look at them or any of the other ways that was suggested. Otherwise, I would refer you to the following News Post from earlier this year http://www2.adult-fanfiction.org/forum/index.php/topic/19504-site-news-1-22-11/ Hope that helps!

So as I was decorating my tree (and procrastinating in the SB cause I'm having a hard time getting in the mood this year) someone said they wished they could see the tree, so I thought why not share! Now I'm curious - What do some of the other Christmas tree's in our AFF family look like?

*shrugs* You are looking at it from your upbringing. I was raised in a very fundamentalist Christian household myself, yet here I am, running an adult fiction archive that by biblical standards is wrong and evil, as one should not think of anything other than your spouse in a sexual manner, as it diminishes a relationship. Yet, to date, I've never had an issue in that stand by They also teach that masturbating is evil. I simply don't subscribe to it. Our background impacts our views as adults, it's up to us if we continue to subscribe to those beliefs or move past them. I have my own fetishes that most likely wouldn't be condoned by the Church. They aren't right or wrong, they just are.

Everyone has their own fetishes, kinks, likes and dislikes - These things do not inherently make one evil or good. Daydreaming about something definitely doesn't make one evil, otherwise I think we could all fall under that umbrella - I can't tell you how many times I've dreamed of killing an ex, a boss, that person that just cut me off as I was running late etc etc etc. When it comes to fetishes, it's all about how it's practiced. If you were to go out, kidnap a person and subject them to your fantasies without their permission, then yes, you might have a problem. If you were on the other hand, to find a consenting adult that shares the same interests as you and willingly agrees to participate with in boundaries that are predetermined and legal, then you are just human.

A few posts back I believe. I would make a suggestion for the future... Instead of posting just a picture, post what you are looking for in terms of a fic, pairings, kinks, etc. It tends to generate a sincere response instead of tongue in cheek replies.

Please remember that sharing fiction that is not posted anywhere online is a violation of our ToS and is not acceptable. The post offering the hard copies has been removed.

Okay... Just to clarify for other people reading this topic: You are looking for Metroid fan fiction here on AFF that involved Samus so you can work on your own fiction posted on an unrelated site?

IP checks complete - 1 vote DQ'd due to being a registered user and voting in both topic and poll. Guest Votes: Logo 1: 1 Logo 2: 4 Logo 3: Logo 4: 1 Logo 5: 2 Poll Votes: Logo 1: 11 Logo 2: 27 Logo 3: 3 Logo 4: 8 Logo 5: 12 Combined Votes: Logo 1: 12 Logo 2: 31 Logo 3: 3 Logo 4: 9 Logo 5: 14

We appreciate all the suggestions that you have submitted and will take them as well as Google's information about how to allow this into consideration. As time allows, it may be something that we do in the future, however at this point, our focus is getting the site coding up to date and fixing the word order issues from the last crash. Thank you for the time spent on this and we will take it from here.